Tag Archives: mary riddell

Mark Pack

Control orders: ineffective but a blow to freedom

By Mark Pack | Tue 16th November 2010 - 10:11 pm

“Ineffective in the fight on terror – but a devastating blow to freedom” – that’s the pithy and accurate summary of control orders by Mary Riddell over in the Daily Telegraph. And the newspaper in which the piece appeared is are reminder of how civil liberty issues cut across the political spectrum in not always expected or neat ways.

Riddell points out,

Within the next few days, Mr Cameron and his deputy must reach agreement on the future of security in Britain and, in particular, on control orders and how long to hold terror suspects without charge. The “car crash” foreseen

…

Continue reading »
Posted in News | Also tagged , , and | 21 Comments
NewsHound

LibLink: The eminently quotable Nick Clegg

By NewsHound | Sat 6th February 2010 - 1:25 pm

If you haven’t read it yet, can I urge you to click here to read a fantastic interview of Nick Clegg by Mary Riddell in today’s Telegraph. For a start, it’s well-written; for another it covers a fair chunk of policy ground accessibly; but most importantly it is one of Nick’s most quote-tastic interviews. Here are a few of the highlights:

On taking over as party leader:

When I took over, morale was low. It was a horrid time, and I made mistakes. You get thick-skinned pretty damn quickly or you just get knocked over in the animalistic culture of the

…

Continue reading »
Posted in LibLink | Also tagged | 4 Comments
Philip Young

What the papers say…

By Philip Young | Fri 11th December 2009 - 1:40 pm

A look back at the last few days of news and comment in the National newspapers, by former Fleet Street News Editor (and former Editor of Liberal News), Philip Young… including a few clippings you may have missed.

Sunday Times, 6.12.09:

“A Tory peer has been caught using someone else’s home address to claim tens of thousands of pounds in expenses. Lord Taylor of Warwick, a 57-year-old former barrister, told the House of Lords that his main home was a terrace house in Oxford, which he neither owned nor lived in. Taylor has lived in his family home …

Continue reading »
Posted in News | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and | Leave a comment
Advert



Recent Comments

  • User AvatarJohn Marriott 19th Oct - 10:52am
    @Peter Hayes Answer to your question: by having an ID Card. And WHY NOT?
  • User AvatarRoger Lake 19th Oct - 10:51am
    Some readers may have suspected, rightly, that I am about to warn that the Green party already has the blessed "UBI" (Universal Basic Income) in...
  • User AvatarRoger Lake 19th Oct - 10:48am
    Thank you, Jeremy, for your interesting introduction to the business of completing a manifesto. This one must be particularly problematic, because of the extreme difficulty...
  • User AvatarPaul Walter 19th Oct - 9:34am
    This morning in the Commons, it’s as if the whole UK nation is being shaken up like a snow globe. We’ll see where all the...
  • User AvatarGeorge Kendall 19th Oct - 9:28am
    Personally, if there's no amendment in the name of Jeremy Corbyn, I'm not going to criticise him. He's played a lot of games to try...
  • User AvatarRichard Underhill 19th Oct - 9:28am
    Spending cuts and technological changes had demoralised the Navy which Dr. Owen MP might have known from his constituency in Plymouth Devonport. To address their...